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World Ranking
1584
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675

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert W. Schunk is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and solar and space plasma dynamics.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected disciplines, especially in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, oceanography, and aerospace engineering. Their research contributions include topics such as:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and space plasma dynamics
  • Astro and planetary science
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Spacecraft design and technology

Frequent co-authorship has occurred with Kausik Chatterjee, reflecting collaboration on several published papers.

Notable publication venues for the scientist include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Space Weather

The recent scientific articles authored or co-authored by Robert W. Schunk illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "A Semikinetic Model of Plasmasphere Refilling Following Geomagnetic Storms and Comparison With Hydrodynamic Results", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "The development and validation of a 'flux-corrected transport' based solution methodology for the plasmasphere refilling problem following geomagnetic storms", 2020, Earth Planets and Space
  • "Challenges in Specifying and Predicting Space Weather", 2020, Space Weather

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Robert W. Schunk was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Ionospheres: Physics, Plasma Physics, and Chemistry

    Robert W. Schunk;Andrew F. Nagy

  • Electron temperatures in the F region of the ionosphere - Theory and observations

    R. W. Schunk;Andrew F. Nagy

  • Mathematical structure of transport equations for multispecies flows

    R. W. Schunk

  • Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM)

    Robert W. Schunk;Ludger Scherliess;Jan Josef Sojka;Donald C. Thompson

  • Effect of electric fields on the daytime high-latitude E and F regions

    R. W. Schunk;W. J. Raitt;P. M. Banks

  • Theoretical ion densities in the lower ionosphere

    R. W. Schunk;J. C. G. Walker

  • Effects of electric fields and other processes upon the nighttime high-latitude F layer

    R. W. Schunk;P. M. Banks;W. J. Raitt

  • Parameterized ionospheric model: A global ionospheric parameterization based on first principles models

    R. E. Daniell Jr.;L. D. Brown;D. N. Anderson;M. W. Fox

  • Transport equations for aeronomy

    R.W. Schunk

  • Ionospheres of the terrestrial planets

    R. W. Schunk;A. F. Nagy

  • Ion velocity distributions in the high-latitude ionosphere

    J.-P. St-Maurice;R. W. Schunk

  • A mathematical model of the middle and high latitude ionosphere

    R. W. Schunk

  • A theoretical study of the high-latitude winter f region at solar minimum for low magnetic activity

    Jan Josef Sojka;W. J. Raitt;Robert W. Schunk

  • O+ ions in the polar wind

    A. R. Barakat;R. W. Schunk

  • Development of a physics-based reduced state Kalman filter for the ionosphere

    Ludger Scherliess;Robert W. Schunk;Jan Josef Sojka;Donald C. Thompson

  • Longitudinal variability of low-latitude total electron content: Tidal influences

    L. Scherliess;D. C. Thompson;R. W. Schunk

  • Ionosphere-thermosphere space weather issues

    R. W. Schunk;Jan Josef Sojka

  • A comparison of the temperature and density structure in high and low speed thermal proton flows

    W.J. Raitt;R.W. Schunk;P.M. Banks

  • Modeling Polar Cap F-Region Patches Using Time Varying Convection

    J. J. Sojka;M. D. Bowline;R. W. Schunk;D. T. Decker

  • Utah State University Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements Gauss-Markov Kalman filter model of the ionosphere: Model description and validation

    L. Scherliess;Robert W. Schunk;Jan Josef Sojka;Donald C. Thompson

  • Transport equations for multicomponent anisotropic space plasmas - A review

    A R Barakat;R W Schunk

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Josef Sojka
Jan Josef Sojka Utah State University
Andrew F. Nagy
Andrew F. Nagy University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anthony J. Mannucci
Anthony J. Mannucci California Institute of Technology
Tim Fuller-Rowell
Tim Fuller-Rowell University of Colorado Boulder
Aaron J. Ridley
Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter M. Banks
Peter M. Banks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Attila Komjathy
Attila Komjathy California Institute of Technology
J. D. Huba
J. D. Huba United States Naval Research Laboratory
Barbara A. Emery
Barbara A. Emery National Center for Atmospheric Research

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